南なん征せい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

southern expedition; military campaign to the south

Historical term referring to a military expedition or campaign directed southward, often used in pre-modern contexts.

• 古こ代だい中ちゅう国ごくの南なん征せいは、南なん方ぽうの部ぶ族ぞくを平へい定ていするための軍ぐん事じ行こう動どうだった。

  The southern expeditions of ancient China were military campaigns to subdue the tribes of the south.

• この歴れき史し書しょには、将しょう軍ぐんによる南なん征せいの記き録ろくが詳くわしく書かかれている。

  This history book contains detailed records of the general's southern campaign.